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Taylor Swift leads American Music Award nominations
Pop superstar Taylor Swift led nominations for the American Music Awards, with Canadian singer The Weeknd the favorite among newcomers.
14 October 2015 14:56
Nobel prize a tribute to 'courage' of Tunisian people: Obama
US President Barack Obama congratulated Tunisian civil society groups who helped secure a democratic transition on their Nobel Peace Prize win, calling it a tribute to the nation's courage.
10 October 2015 16:03
Trio wins Nobel Chemistry Prize for DNA repair work
Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich of the US and Aziz Sancar, a Turkish-American, won the 2015 Nobel Chemistry Prize for work on how cells repair damaged DNA.
07 October 2015 17:01
Merkel has 'good chance' of winning Nobel Peace Prize: report
German Chancellor Angela Merkel could win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the influential Bild newspaper said, as the leader is lauded worldwide for her courage in opening her country's doors to refugees..
02 October 2015 16:01
Emmy Awards attract record low audience figures
The Emmy Awards, the most prestigious accolades in US television, were watched by a record low 11.8 million viewers, according to data analysis firm Nielsen.
23 September 2015 13:49
Jon Hamm, 'Game of Thrones' finally win Emmys glory
HBO's fantasy epic "Game of Thrones" won for best drama series and Jon Hamm finally took home a trophy for "Mad Men" at the Emmy Awards.
21 September 2015 17:36
Kazakh director Bekmambetov's film wins in Toronto
Hardcore, a movie of Kazakh director and producer Timur Bekmambetov, won in Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness program.
21 September 2015 16:56
Emmys celebrate TV's best, but are viewers overloaded?
The Emmy Awards will celebrate the best of the hundreds of television shows flooding US airwaves, in what many critics have called the small screen's "golden age."
19 September 2015 15:26
Britain's Emily Watson to be honoured at San Sebastian festival
British actress Emily Watson will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's San Sebastian film festival.
05 September 2015 16:04
Fight for freedom, fight for Oscar: Kazakhstan nominates Yerzhan Turunov's Stranger
Kazakhstan has nominated Yerzhan Tursynov's film Stranger (Zhat) for Oscar.
27 August 2015 20:07
Kanye West to be honored at MTV awards
Mercurial hip-hop great Kanye West will be honored for his career achievements during the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.
26 August 2015 12:02
Atyrau model wins second place at Black Sea Pearl-2015 beauty contest
23-year-old model from Atyrau city in western Kazakhstan Marianna Khadzhamova has hauled the second place at the Black Sea Pearl-2015 beauty contest held in Crimea.
31 July 2015 17:05
Festival films at the heart of cultural controversy in Kazakhstan
Kazakh cinema is on the high wave but not everyone in the country is happy.
27 July 2015 16:05
Qazaq Quartet from Kazakhstan wins award in Italy
A string quartet from Kazakhstan has been awarded a prize in a contest in Italy.
10 July 2015 23:52
Beck teases new music with return to irony
Alternative rock icon Beck hinted he was ready to release new music and signaled he would return to his ironic side.
12 June 2015 11:31
Kazakhstan's Opera Ball Award finalists announced
Six finalists of the Opera Ball Award has been named.
26 May 2015 21:38
Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown lead BET award nominations
Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown led the nominations for the Black Entertainment Television awards, with each in the running in six categories
19 May 2015 15:41
Authors boycott ceremony as Charlie Hebdo feted in New York
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo received a freedom of expression award at a gala US ceremony.
06 May 2015 15:35
Almaty born writer Serebryanskiy wins Russian Award
Writer Yuriy Serebryanskiy has become the winner of the Russian Award for the second time.
28 April 2015 22:32
Golovkin wins Highest KO Percentage in Middleweight History from BWAA
Gennady Golovkin has attended the Boxing Writers Association of America dinner in New York along with Terence Crawford, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones J.
26 April 2015 19:22